Russians will work a six-day week leading up to the National Unity Day holiday in November. The holiday, observed from November 2nd to 4th, commemorates the events of 1612 when Moscow was liberated from Polish interventionists.

To accommodate the three-day weekend, Saturday, November 1st, will be a working day. This adjustment ensures that citizens can enjoy a consecutive period of rest.

National Unity Day, celebrated annually on November 4th, was established in 2005. The extended break provides an opportunity for leisure after the Russia Day holiday in June, which featured a shortened work week with only three working days prior to the holiday on June 12th.

The change in the work schedule will not affect employees’ wages, according to the head of the Legal Labor Inspectorate of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions.